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H. 4591
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Altman and Haskins
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7103ahb06.doc
Introduced in the House on February 2, 2006
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Voter registration
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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2/2/2006 House Introduced and read first time HJ-3
2/2/2006 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-3
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 7-5-185 SO AS TO REQUIRE A COUNTY BOARD OF REGISTRATION TO REJECT AN APPLICATION FOR VOTER REGISTRATION IF IT IS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE OF UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND SOUTH CAROLINA RESIDENCY, TO EMPOWER THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION TO APPROVE DOCUMENTS THAT ESTABLISH SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE OF UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND SOUTH CAROLINA RESIDENCY, AND TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION FOR PERSONS CURRENTLY REGISTERED TO VOTE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 3, Chapter 5, Title 7 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 7-5-185. (A) In addition to the oath of United States citizenship and South Carolina residency required by Section 7-5-170, a county board of registration shall reject an application for voter registration submitted in person, by mail or in another manner that is not accompanied by satisfactory evidence of United States citizenship and South Carolina residency.
(B) The State Election Commission shall compile and publish a list of approved documents that establish satisfactory evidence of United States citizenship and South Carolina residency. In compiling or amending the list of approved documents, the commission shall give due consideration to facilitating voter registration by all citizens as well as the deterrence and prevention of fraudulent registration by unauthorized persons. The commission shall ensure that the list of approved documents conforms to all relevant federal and state laws protecting the voting rights of United States citizens.
(C) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (A), a person who is registered to vote in this State on the effective date of this section is considered to have provided satisfactory evidence of citizenship and is not required to resubmit evidence of citizenship unless the person is registering in another county.
(D) For the purposes of this section, proof of voter registration from another state or county is not satisfactory evidence of citizenship.
(E) After a person has submitted satisfactory evidence of citizenship, the county board of registration shall indicate this information in the person's permanent voter file."
SECTION 2. If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this act, the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have passed this act, and each and every section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words hereof may be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise ineffective.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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